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July 29, 2015 C-2010-089/New Horizon North Mine BFB <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />N - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Roads <br />N - Availability of Records <br />N - Reclamation Success <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />N - Revegetation <br />N - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />N - Subsidence <br />N - Explosives <br />N - Slides and Other Damage <br />N - Fish & Wildlife <br />N - Support Facilities On-site <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />N - Signs and Markers <br />N - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />N - Other <br />N - Special Categories Of Mining <br />N - Processing Waste <br />R - Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was an aerial inspection of the New Horizon North Mine conducted by Harry Ranney and Brock Bowles of <br />the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Aerial photos were taken by Harry Ranney on July 29, <br />2015 at approximately 12:38 pm. The weather conditions appear to be clear in the photos. Brock Bowles <br />reviewed the aerial photos. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />Over burden was being hauled from the bottom of the pit to the eastern side for backfilling. Two dump <br />trucks were working with the big shovel. <br />HYDROLOGIC BALANCE - Rule 4.05 <br />Drainage Control 4.05.1, 4.05.2, 4.05.3; Siltation Structures 4.05.5, 4.05.6; Discharge Structures 4.05.7, 4.05.10; <br />Diversions 4.05.4; Effluent Limits 4.05.2; Ground Water Monitoring 4.05.13; Surface Water Monitoring 4.05.13; <br />Drainage — Acid and Toxic Materials 4.05.8; Impoundments 4.05.6, 4.05.9; Stream Buffer Zones 4.05.18: <br />Pond 001 and 002 were visible in the photos and both contained water. The spillways for both ponds were <br />also visible in the photos and the water level was not up to the spill way in either pond. <br />ROADS — Rule 4.03 <br />Construction 4.03.1(3)/4.032(3) Drainage 4.03.1(4)/4.032(4) Surfacing and Maintenance 4.03.1(5)/(6) and <br />4.032(5)/(6) Reclamation 4.03.1(7) and 4.032(7): <br />The roads were wet in the areas where the dump trucks were traveling. <br />TOPSOIL — Rule 4.06 <br />Removal 4.06.2; Substitute Materials 4.06.4(4); Storage and Protection 4.06.3; Redistribution 4.06.4: <br />It appears that some soil or topsoil was spread between the topsoil stockpiles and the 2650 Road, south of <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 0 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />